Touzim

Toužim between farms and landscape

In Toužim, Czech Republic, the sequence of images ranges from an overview of the town to a steep view of roofs and courtyards. With this approach, the surrounding fields disappear while the building wings gain their shape. In this way, a view of the town and an architectural detail can be combined.

The city from two distances

In Toužim, the larger courtyards differ from the street blocks in their interior spaces. The roof surfaces enclose a piece of free ground and make the design easy to understand.

In a courtyard, the relationships between buildings change. What appears from the outside to be a single long building can actually wrap around several open areas. In a steep aerial view, the passageways, the corners and the orientation of the adjacent roofs become understandable. For a caption, a specific reference to the visible side of the courtyard is often more helpful than a list of all the buildings. This means the viewer can recognize the spatial connection themselves and find it again in other images.

What the roofs reveal about the floor plan

If you look at it at an angle, the houses not only show their roofs, but also their facades of different widths. This gives the motif more depth than in the pure top view. Even the change from a low neighboring building to a taller building reveals something about the gradation of the place. Such a view is particularly useful for a local chronicle if the caption indicates the starting point of the view. Readers can then follow the rows of houses themselves to the edge of the picture.

What becomes visible on the edge of town

On the edge of town, several scales come together in a small section. On one side there are individual buildings with gardens and driveways. On the other hand, a single open area sometimes takes up as much space as several streets. This change can be shown in the picture over a common edge. A section in which the border between the two areas remains visible even when displayed narrowly is suitable for a website. The motif then retains its local reference even in the mobile view.

Shades of green in the image

If you browse through the 25 aerial photos, you can stay at shot 16 and shot 2 for a comparison. In the first image, green areas make up a smaller part of the section than in the second. It's worth tracking the green areas individually. Only in connection with neighboring forms does it become clear what is in the foreground and what belongs to the more distant surroundings.

For Shot 1 and Shot 25, the same day is noted in the image files, July 4th, 2022. The recording times recorded are approximately 75 minutes apart. The exposure time was 1/240 second for the first of the images mentioned and 1/80 second for the second.

The Aerial Videos section supplements the photos with 9 clips. The aerial photographer's photographs linked there include “Toužim in Czech”. The relevant video page on Adobe Stock can be opened using the respective preview.

Prepare a cityscape for readers

For a city history, it can be informative to place the aerial photograph next to a street view. In one picture the roof is the reliable reference point, in the other it is often the entrance or the facade. The transition is best achieved via a corner, a square or a visible junction. An aerial photographer can take this connection into account when taking photos. In the printed photo series, a brief note about which side of the street the next photo was taken from is often enough.

Related motifs in the aerial photo archive

If you are looking for related motifs, you can start with Alsfeld. Alsfeld's old town can be clearly seen in the aerial photo due to its close-meshed roof structure. It's worth taking a second look at Czech Republic - Stribro. In the Czech town of Stříbro, the large open area of ​​the central square between the roofs is striking.